Urban Society – Solved PYQs of Sociology – UGC NET

Urbanism ,Urbanity & Urbanization

1. ‘Rurbanism’ is a term that is related to the study of– (JUNE 2012)

(A) Villages
(B) Town and cities
(C) Rural areas
(D) Life-styles of rural–urban people

2. Who has written the book “Urbanization and Family Change”? (DEC 2012)

(A) Iravati Karve
(B) M. S. Gore
(C) Leela Dube
(D) I.P. Desai

3. Assertion–Reason: Urbanization & Displacement of Peasantry (JUNE 2014)

Assertion (A): Urbanization and industrialization in the era of globalization led to displacement of peasantry in India.
Reason (R): Peasants’ eviction is due to land acquisition pursued by the state.

(A) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true.

4. Match List-I with List-II (DEC 2014)

List-I (Concepts)
(a) Urbanism as a way of life
(b) Folk–urban continuum
(c) Little and Great Traditions
(d) Culture of poverty

List-II (Authors)

1. Oscar Lewis

2. L. Wirth

3. R. Redfield

4. Milton Singer

Codes:
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1
(B) 4, 1, 2, 3
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1
(D) 2, 1, 3, 4

5. Assertion–Reason: Coastal States Urbanization (JAN 2017)

Assertion (A): Majority of coastal states in India are highly urbanized.
Reason (R): They had early interaction with other countries.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the explanation.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

6. When migration to urban areas exceeds the rate of industrialization in the city, it is a state of– (NOV 2017)

(A) Urbanism
(B) Over-Urbanisation
(C) Cultural Lag
(D) Industrialism

7. Assertion–Reason: Developed & Urbanized States (JULY 2018)

Assertion (A): Majority of the developed states in India are contiguous.
Reason (R): They are also more urbanized than other states.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the explanation.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

8. Which one is not an indicator of the Human Development Index? (JULY 2018)

(A) Life Expectancy
(B) Education
(C) National per capita income
(D) Level of Urbanization

9. Arrange the following states according to their level of urbanization (descending order): (DEC 2019)

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Punjab

(A) (a), (b), (d), (c)
(B) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(C) (c), (a), (b), (d)
(D) (a), (d), (b), (c)

10. Which two states are most and least urbanized in India? (DEC 2019)

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam

(A) (a) and (d)
(B) (a) and (c)
(C) (b) and (c)
(D) (c) and (d)

11. Which one of the following is the least urbanized state in India? (JUNE 2020)

(A) Bihar
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Odisha